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Antionette R Tate - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Antionette Tate,also called "Tonie", enjoys helping people to reach a state of inner peace and joy. She received her Masters of Divinity degree with a concentration in Theology from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Inner Peace and Joy - Two Simple Things You Can Do to Maintain Your Joy
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Maintaining your inner peace and living your life full of joy is going to require that you master the skills that will teach you how to control your thoughts. In order to master these skills you have to practice, be patient and persevere. In this article you will learn two basic meditation skills that will be crucial in your ability to control your thoughts. The skills are:
- Inner Peace and Joy - How Yo Momma Jokes Were Used to Help the Slaves to Maintain Their Joy
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] When I was a student at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, we always had guest speakers who would come to our center and share their knowledge with us. One particular speaker came and shared with our class the origin of "Yo Momma" jokes and how the slaves used "Yo Momma" jokes as a survival skill to develop tolerance and keep their Joy.
- Inner Peace - How to Create a Plan of Action So That You Can Remain Calm in All Negative Situations
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] If you are in a similar situation where you despise going to work or to another location because you do not want to deal with the negative behaviors of others then this article is for you! In this article you will learn how to develop a Plan of Action so that you can remain calm and still have joy in all negative situations.
- Inner Peace - Try This Formula For Inner Peace Because it Really Works
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Your ability to maintain your mental state of peace is not going to be based on what is going on around you rather your ability to maintain your inner peace is going to be based on how well you are able to respond to the things that are going on around you. Here is a formula that when used properly will guarantee that you will maintain a mental state of peace no matter what is going on in your life.
- Inner Peace and the Power of Positive Thinking
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] "I can't" was the way that I use to respond every time some one would asked me to do something that I thought was too difficult for me to accomplish until I met a man who told me that can't is not a word. This same man told me that the word is cannot and that I can do anything with the help of God. These few words changed my life because I went from thinking that I cannot to believing that I can...
- Inner Peace and Faith
[Self-Improvement:Empowerment] Do you remember riding your bicycle for the first time without the training wheels? It may have went something like this: Your Mom or your Dad stood beside you and held on to the seat of your bicycle while you were riding.That sense of security that you felt while you were riding your bicycle with your Mom and Dad holding on to your seat is "Faith."
- Inner Peace and Self-Love
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Do you love yourself? I remember this life changing question being asked to me when I was younger and very rebellious. I paused for a few minutes before I answered the question and then I said "Hmm, I do not know?" You see no one had ever asked me if I loved myself before and the truth was "No" but there was no way that I was going to tell a stranger that I did not love myself.
- Inner Peace - How to Have Joy
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] You were created to live a life full of joy and your joy should not be determined by what you have nor is it based on what you do not have. Joy, unlike happiness, is not an emotional response to a person, place or thing rather joy is a mental state of being. Your Joy is a gift from God and like all of God's treasures, joy is free.
- Stress Management - How to Mind You Own Business
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] You will find that one of the best ways to manage your stress is to mind your own business. If I could read your mind, I might hear you say "I do not have my own business." Well, guess what? "Yes you do!" Your business is You (Your Name) Incorporated. Minding your own business is a full time job and when you do not mind your own business it shows up as stress in your life in the form of tension, fear, worry and dis-ease.
- Stress Management - Halloween Safety Tips For Parents
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Halloween can be a very stressful time of the year for parents because unlike any of the other holidays, Halloween is celebrated at night and it is also a time when people play a lot of pranks. Here are 10 things that parents can do to help relieve their stress and ensure their child's safety on Halloween night.
- Stress Management - Exercises That Help to Release Stress
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] There are several reasons that cause people to get stressed out such as not feeling appreciated at work, having poor relationships with others, not having enough money and not having enough time. When you are feeling stressed out, you actually have a lot of energy contained inside of you that should be released in positive ways. Following are exercises that you can do to help you release your stress in positive ways.
- Stress Management - Put God First
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] The one thing that I have learned in my life time about how to deal with stress and maintain inner peace is "You have to put God first." Growing up, I have always heard the saying "Put God first" but I never really knew what that meant. In the past, I struggled with the concept of putting God first...
- Stress Management - Learn How to Teach Spelling By Using Hip Hop, Double Dutch, and Superman
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] I work with high risk youth, the majority of whom are African-American, and I often have to assist them with their homework assignments. Helping the youth with their homework assignments can be very stressful at times because they get frustrated easily when they are not able to pick up on the concepts quickly.What I have learned about working with African-American youth is that they traditionally will learn easier if they have a rhythm. So, when I am assisting the youth with learning how to spell their spelling words I use rhythm to teach them. For instance, I know that the youth enjoy hip hop music so I use hip hop music to show them how to memorize their spelling words.
- Stress Management - How to Use Football to Teach Math Skills and Make Learning Easy and Fun
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] I work with high-risk boys as a youth counselor and assisting them with their math homework assignments can be very stressful at times, especially when they are not interested in learning math. I hear the boys state often that learning math for them is stressful because math is boring. When I am helping the boys with their math homework, the first thing that I do is figure out how to hold their attention by finding out what are the things that they enjoy most.
- Stress Management - How to Use Math Skills to Solve Your Personal Problems and Have Inner Peace
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] To this day I can still remember sitting in my math class as a youth, reluctant about doing my math assignments and hearing my teacher say "You need to learn math because math is a skill that you are going to use everyday." As an adult I can now appreciate the significance of learning math because math gives you the skills that you need to be able to identify and solve your personal problems. If you are faced with personal problems and you are not able to solve them, that can be troubling and stressful. If you are troubled and stressed, you are not going to have a peaceful day.
- Stress Management - High Blood Pressure and the African American Woman
[Health-and-Fitness:Hypertension] I am an African-American woman who was born and raised in the south. My family, like many other southern families, idea of having a good meal is eating smothered pork chops, home made mashed potatoes with gravy, collard greens with ham hock and jiffy cornbread with butter on top. In the south, we love to eat the hog and all of its parts. Southerners are known for eating chitlings, pork ribs, chopped barbecue, ham sandwiches, pork sausage, and bacon.
- Stress Management - Stress Free Labor Day Activities For Children
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Labor Day is a day in which we set aside to celebrate and honor the workers of America. If you are a parent, teacher or if you work with children then you may be stressing out about finding activities that you can you do with the kids that are affordable. This Labor Day weekend you can avoid being stressed out by having a structured day that is filled with free activities.
- Inner Peace - How to Deal With Stress During the Bereavement Process
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] With the deaths of the well-known public figures Senator Edward Kennedy and the mega pop super star Michael Jackson many people are grieving their loss. You may also have lost a family member or a close friend and you are feeling down because you miss them.
- Inner Peace and Homosexuality
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] A very important aspect for having inner peace and joy is accepting and loving yourself. However, it is kind of difficult to love and accept yourself when you turn on your television and the media implies that in order to be beautiful you should be thin, wealthy, youthful, have fair skin, be of the Christian faith and be straight. That is a very narrow window and most people will not fit into all of these categories.
- Stress-Management - Two Free Activities You Can Do to Release Stress Immediately
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Working more than one job, raising a family, starting a new business, going to college etc. can be very stressful especially if you are juggling more than one of these activities at a time. It can be even more stressful trying to find affordable activities that you can do to relax from your busy schedule. Two activities that I do that helps me to relax and release stress are:
- Stress Management - How to Live on a Shoestring Budget and Still Enjoy Life
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] If you are living on a shoe string budget then you can agree with me when I say that it can be very stressful trying to make ends meet and have money left over to do some of things that you enjoy. I have identified three things that you can do to stretch your dollar and relieve your financial stress.
- Tips For Managing Stress - Positive Actions You Can Take to Gain Control Over Your Circumstances
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] I just turned 40 this year and at this stage in my life I am focusing on how to deal with things that cause me stress and how to stay positive. I have come to understand that a major reason that I am stressed out is because I feel like I am helpless and I do not have control over certain situations that occur in my life. In order to gain control over my circumstances, I had to to identify areas in my life that I was able to do something about. I also had to rid myself of what was causing me stress. If you are going through something similar then this article is for you. The two areas that I identified are 1) Mind my own business and 2) Do not answer the telephone.
- Stress Management - How to Live Off of 2,000 a Month
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] If you are anything like me then you are stressed out because the money that earn does not cover all of your living expenses. I work as a youth counselor and I earn less than 2,000.00 a month so I am constantly looking for ways to stretch my dollar. I found that the best way for me to live off of $ 2,000.00 a month and not be stressed out was...
- Inner Peace - How to Stay Positive When Dealing With Negative People
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] You may have limited control over your circumstance but you can have total control over your emotional response to your circumstance. In this article you are going to learn two things that you can do to have total control over your emotions and have a positive response in a negative situation every time. The two steps are 1) Identify your triggers and 2) Replace your negative thoughts with positive actions.
- Inner Peace - How to Make Every Day a Great Day
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the saying that there is joy in giving? If you are like most people, you immediately think about "money" but money is not the only thing that you can give that brings joy. In this article you are going to learn that giving your time can bring greater joy.
- Two Things You Can Do to Manage Stress
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] When I was growing up, my mentor, Reginald, often would say to me "Tonie, if you want to have inner peace and joy you must avoid using the two Double "R" words because they are deadly. In fact, Tonie, you must take the two Double "R" words out of your vocabulary completely." In this article, I am going to share with you what the two Double "R" words are and the reasons why you must remove them from out of your vocabulary in order to experience inner peace and joy daily.
- This is What You Can Do to Avoid Stress
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Have you ever been, or are you now in, a stressful situation that you could have avoided if only you would have said "No" instead of "Yes"? For example: Did you take on an extra assignment knowing that you can not realistically complete that assignment and your other obligations within the specified time? Did you agree to do something for someone and now you are struggling with your choice because if you do that particular thing, you know that it would be in opposition with your best interest?
- 3 Things You Can Do to Avoid Being Stressed Out
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] How do you respond when you are in every stressful situation? Do you get angry or frustrated or do you respond calmly and joyfully. In this article, you will learn three simple but effective things that you can do to remain calm and joyful in all stressful situations.
- 4 Golden Rules For Having a Peace of Mind
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Have you ever noticed that some people seem to go through life and are not disturbed by life's challenges? I bet you are wondering how they are able to go through life and have joy and peace while on the other hand when other people are confronted with the same situation they complain and are unraveled. Did you know that having a peace of mind is something that you have to work at? The difference between people who are unmoved by life's challenges and those who are is that they know the Golden Rules for having a peace of mind. In this article, you will learn four things that you can also do to go through life and have a peace of mind.
- 3 Tips to Having the Best Day Ever
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] The key to having the best day ever is learning how to avoid being stressed out and learning how to live with a peace of mind. The way that you can live every day stress free and with a peace of mind is by taking a proactive approach to life. For starters, every morning before your day begins you must decide that you are going to have a joyful and peaceful day no matter what. In this article you will learn 3 tips that you can do to be proactive in living every day stress free and have the best day ever. The 3 tips are:
- 3 Simple Steps You Can Do to Avoid Stress and Maintain Inner Peace
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Did you know that you can tell by your emotions if you are stressed or if you are experiencing inner peace? If you are anxious or irritable those are signs of being stressed while calmness and being relaxed are signs of inner peace. In this article you will learn 3 simple actions that you can take to avoid being stressed and to experience calm and relaxed results.
- Learn How to Maintain Inner Peace and Joy in Turbulent Times
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] In order to be the best person that you can possible be, you must be able to maintain a state of peace and joy within yourself. Let's face it, if you are living your life in a state of turmoil and discouragement you are not operating at your highest capabilities nor are you experiencing your best possible life now.
- Learn How to Forgive and Heal
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] Forgiveness is necessary in your personal growth. When you forgive, you let go of what you do not want in your life and you focus on what you do want.
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